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In November 1944, the U.S. Navy fleet place at anchor in Ulithi Harbor, deep in the Pacific Sea, when the oiler USS Mississinewa erupted in a ball of flames. Japan's top secret tool, the Kaiten - a manned suicide submarine - had succeeded in its first mission. The Kaiten was so top secret that even Japanese naval commanders didn't know of its life. And the Us citizens kept it top secret as well. Humiliated by the stunning surprise invasion, the U.S. Navy refused to salvage or examine the sunken Mighty Miss. Only decades later would the survivors understand what really happened at Ulithi, whenever a diving team located the wreck in 2001. In Kaiten, Michael Mair and Delight Waldron tell the entire report from both sides, from the proper need for the USS Mississinewa to newly discovered secrets of the Kaiten development and training academic institutions. U.S. Navy survivors recount their gripping activities in the wake of the invasion, as well as the harrowing recovery efforts that came up later. Japanese pilots disclose their terrifying activities training to perish because of their country and Emperor, never knowing when their point in time of doom would come.

Category: Conventional